When Pontiac switched the Bonneville to the front-drive H-body platform in '87, it was a radical departure from what the nameplate had represented. What had been for the most part a large full ...

Pontiac's Bonneville got its name through in interesting convention. It was carefully chosen to reflect the company's high aspirations for it. As The New York Times reported, the model ...

and while it shared Pontiac's most potent powertrains — along with the Bonneville — they were rarely, if ever, viewed as ...

Arguably, the resulting 1988 Bonneville SSE did. On the exterior, Pontiac buyers got a full body kit with body-colored wheels, integrated fog lamps, as well as golden logos and trim pieces all around.

But among the Caprice Classics, Impalas, turbocharged LeSabre Sport Coupes, Custom Cruisers, and diesel Deltas, the Pontiac Bonneville and Catalina hardly ever get mentioned. In part, this is ...

From the March 1999 issue of Car and Driver. Our last official visit with a Pontiac Bonneville wasn't memorable. It was grim, even. It was part of the mas­sive 10-car "Salt-of-the-Earth Sedans ...